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July 22– Former Soccoro Independent School District board trustee Guillermo “Willie” Gandara Sr., the last defendant among 11 people charged in a 2010 public corruption indictment, has pleaded guilty. They were Access spokesman Marc Schwartz; former Access President Francisco “Frank” Apodaca; former El Paso County Judge Luther Jones; former El Paso County…

July 22– Michigan’s heaviest patients may one day be better able to tap into medical help for weight loss after a decision last month by the American Medical Association to designate obesity as a disease. Wendy Miller, director of the Weight Control Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. Kenneth Fisher, a Flint doctor and president of the Michigan Chapter…

“Our focus has always been about earning client loyalty and earning new business by making a difference for our clients,” said David Lockton, Chairman of Lockton, Inc. “We always believed that if we did that well, revenue would follow.” John Lumelleau, President and CEO of Lockton, Inc., said, “Lockton is well positioned around the world to serve the best interests of our…

Summit is pleased to announce that three of its staff members will present at the 68 th annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, a program of the not-for-profit Workers’ Compensation Institute Inc.. Summit’s speakers this year are Jana Cauley, claims compliance supervisor, who will be part of a mock trial; Pam Last, claims operations manager, who…

Document Number: “Docket ID FEMA-2013-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. SUMMARY: This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway, as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, and where applicable, in the supporting…

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 22– Insurance Services Office, Jersey City, N.J., has been assigned a patent developed by nine co-inventors for a “system and method for estimating loss propensity of an insured vehicle and providing driving information.” The co-inventors are Alexandra Altieri, Maplewood, N.J., John Baldan, New York, Thomas Befi, Princeton Junction, N.J., Steven C….

USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of Cohen-Seltzer, Inc., in Fort Washington, PA. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In a release, the company noted that a third generation family- owned insurance agency formed in 1926, Cohen-Seltzer, Inc., provides risk management programs and financial solutions for both commercial…

A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A and an issuer credit rating of “a” to ACE Seguros S.A., whose ultimate parent is ACE Limited. The ratings of ACE Seguros are enhanced by the financial and operating benefits it receives as a member of ACE, which is evidenced by ACE’s capital contributions in prior years and the internal reinsurance support…

USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of Cohen-Seltzer, Inc., in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. A third generation family-owned insurance agency formed in 1926, Cohen-Seltzer, Inc., provides risk management programs and financial solutions for both commercial and personal lines of business. “We look forward to partnering with…

Intradiem, a provider of intraday management solutions, announced successful program results from BGL’s use of Intradiem’s intraday management technology. BGL, a UK insurance intermediary, needed to comply with changing insurance industry demands that would cause a dramatic increase in back-office work. Seventy percent of all policies sold would…

Financial expert Clark Hodges perhaps put it best:. “You have to remember that businesses don’t exist to employ people; they exist to make a profit,” he told The Courier Wednesday, the day after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued some grim predictions in its second-quarter survey of small businesses. The problem there, according to Creighton University economist…

July 21– Years of bad bookkeeping practices have led to a $145,000 discrepancy in the cash balance of a jointly managed health insurance pool for Burlington and Des Moines County employees. In the 1980 s, several government entities within Burlington and Des Moines County pooled their employee bases to get better rates on health insurance from a shared…

July 21– The insurer for the Erie Housing Authority has agreed to pay an Erie woman $93,500 to settle a federal lawsuit she filed against the Housing Authority in 2012, claiming it violated her late husband’s rights. With the settlement, the Housing Authority admits no wrongdoing, according to a statement issued by the Housing Authority’s lawyer, Patrick Carey,…

July 21– BEFORE YOU KNOW IT– Jan. 1 to be precise– just about everyone will be required to carry health insurance. Most individuals will face new taxes if they don’t buy coverage. Devon Day, an Albuquerque financial adviser, said some small-employer groups see insurance premiums that are 30 percent to 40 percent lower when they go the HSA route.

Foresters, an international life insurance provider, has received an “A” rating from A.M. Best Company. A.M. Best also gave Foresters an issuer credit rating of “a+”. In addition, A.M. Best assigned an “A-” rating for Foresters subsidiary Foresters Life Insurance Company and an “A-” rating for subsidiary First Investors Life Insurance Company.